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City Council Approves $5,000 in Additional Neighborhood Council Funding
This week, the City Council approved a motion to increase Neighborhood Council funding by an additional $5,000 each year. This funding is critical to provide our Neighborhood Councils the support they need to fund programs for the community Neighborhood Councils have...
Valley Glen Clean-Up Day
Join the Valley Glen Neighborhood Association for a community clean-up to tackle trash blight and graffiti. The Valley Glen Clean Streets project will combine volunteers using MyLA311 to report blight and on-the-ground youth clean-up crews armed with rakes, shovels...
Getting LA to Work: A Job Creation Plan
This week, the City Council unanimously approved a citywide plan to create jobs and make Los Angeles more business-friendly. Just 15 months ago, Council President Herb Wesson appointed Councilmember Paul Krekorian chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Comprehensive Job...
Upcoming City Council Committee Hearings on Cannabis/Marijuana
The City Council is in the beginning stages of an open and public conversation about how best to regulate all aspects of the marijuana, or cannabis, industry within the City of Los Angeles. It also marks another important opportunity for the Neighborhood Councils to...
Monday Is Your Deadline to Register to Vote
Trump or Clinton? Legal marijuana? No more death penalty? Property tax increases? Homeless aid? There's a lot at stake this election. County election officials reminded residents Thursday that Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming election. There...
9th Annual Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair a Huge Success!
Sincere thanks to everyone who attended and supported the Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair on Saturday, October 1, 2016. A very special Thank You to those Neighborhood Councils that hosted an Outreach table. We had a great turnout with about 3,000 attending. Over 50%...
LA Parks Survey
Our parks are important to our communities. This questionnaire is a great opportunity to let the City of Los Angeles know your thoughts about our parks. What is working? What needs improvement? What’s missing? What would you love to see more of in your community park?...
A Call for Cool Block Leaders!
The nonprofit Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance (NCSA), in collaboration with the City of Los Angeles, invites Neighborhood Councils and city residents to learn about Cool Blocks LA, a free, five-month pilot program that helps neighborhoods become...
8 Things You Can Get Help With at Congressman Cárdenas’ Mobile Office Today
Is your passport about to expire? Are you a Veteran waiting on a VA claim? Or maybe you just want to pay a visit to some friendly dogs and cats. Come by the mobile office today - Saturday, October 8 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Best Friends Animal Society, 15321...
City Approves Neighborhood Council Division Reform
This month, the City Council voted to support a plan to simplify the process to allow for new neighborhood councils in smaller communities that are part of existing NCs. The old de-certification process was an unfair and overbearing process to people who serve as...